NFL Network analyst picks Jags as favorites to play in Super Bowl LIII

We’ve already shown our readers at home the odds for the Jacksonville Jaguars to go to Super Bowl LIII, but there haven’t been many early predictions floating around the web from the national media. Well, that was up until today. NFL.com’s Elliot Harrison gave his early predictions for 2019’s Super Bowl on NFL Network’s Power Rankings show and surprisingly enough, he believes fans could be seeing the Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints going to the big one.

“We’ll see if the Jaguars upgrade at quarterback or if they go with Blake Bortles. Maybe he could improve his game,” said Harrison to co-host James Jones. “The Saints are a balanced team all throughout and they lost on somewhat of a flukey play, but those are the teams I like.”

Without a doubt, a matchup between the Jags and Saints would be interesting as Jags coach Doug Marrone would be facing off against his former boss and team in Sean Peyton and the Saints. As for a personnel standpoint, the game would feature two of the best running backs in football in Leonard Fournette and Alvin Kamara and two top-10 units on defense.

Jones, on the other hand, went with the Chargers and Packers as his picks. Both teams missed the postseason in 2017 but were close to making it. When considering the players both teams have at quarterback in Aaron Rodgers and Philip Rivers, there sure wouldn’t be a shortage of offensive firepower if the matchup were to happen.

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